Jared Burton

The Arizona Diamondbacks' batters couldn’t get to Minnesota Twins pitcher Phil Hughes on Wednesday, but the rain sure did. Hughes came one out shy of pitching 210 innings this season and receiving a $500,000 bonus, thanks in part to a 66-minute rain delay. "Some things are not meant to be; that's the case this time," Hughes told the Pioneer Press. The Twins ace had thrown eight innings on 96 pitches and looked primed to throw his second complete game of the season before the skies opened up and halted play before the start of the ninth inning. After the delay, Twins Manager Ron Gardenhire elected to put in reliever Jared Burton, who collected his third...

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The Arizona Diamondbacks' batters couldn’t get to Minnesota Twins pitcher Phil Hughes on Wednesday, but the rain sure did.
Hughes came one out shy of pitching 210 innings this season and receiving a $500,000 bonus, thanks in part to a 66-minute...